| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15With Laurie Taylor. Featuring Russian women prisoners and rock climbers in conflict. 00:45The bells of St Helen's Church, Lundy Island. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5By Paul Kildea. Biography of the composer, published in the year marking his centenary. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5By Paul Kildea. Biography of the composer, published in the year marking his centenary. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Paul Kildea. Biography of the composer, published in the year marking his centenary. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5By Paul Kildea. Biography of the composer, published in the year marking his centenary. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5By Paul Kildea. Biography of the composer, published in the year marking his centenary. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3An eccentric writer-explorer and his bemused amanuensis explore the island.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Canon Noel Battye. 05:45The rural view of high-speed rail - a blight on the landscape or an engine of growth? 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Canon Noel Battye. 05:45The foreign fruit fly invaders which are laying eggs in Britain's summer fruits.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Canon Noel Battye. 05:45The EU's fisheries policy is expected to get the biggest shake-up in its history today.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Canon Noel Battye. 05:45Changes to the way European fishermen work - what will they mean for the fishing industry?
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Canon Noel Battye. 05:45Charlotte Smith asks, can high-speed rail bring progress to the countryside?
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Paul Mathole. 05:45'I read all my daughters' texts.' A mother and a teenage listener discuss online privacy.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of All Saints Church, Harpole, Northamptonshire. 05:45President Obama's choice to head the CIA is John Brennan. Is he the right man for the job?
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Same-sex marriage, Ireland's Magdalene Laundries, plus do you 'live the brand'?
| 06:00Including NHS neglect, Vince Cable on RBS, and Kraftwerk revisiting past their albums.
| 06:00GCSE changes, plus France's ambassador on the EU budget and dining 'al-desco'.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Clare Balding walks for self improvement, joining a walking book group in North London. 06:30Charlotte Smith looks at the case for compensating landowners for High-Speed Rail plans. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05The Dalai Lama considers the philosophy of the mind. 06:35Trai Anfield heads to RSPB Old Moor reserve to seek out the once-common tree sparrow. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Sex trial victim death, what next for Mali, and 'emotionally durable design'.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10A report from the world's biggest religious festival, Kumbh Mela, in India. 07:55Margaret Sentamu presents an appeal for APT Action on Poverty. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10From Worcester College Chapel, Oxford with the Rev Dr Jonathan Arnold and Prof Ben Quash. 08:50David Cannadine celebrates the saving of New York's century-old Grand Central station.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Bridget Kendall discusses the spread of Al-Qaeda-style terrorism with guests. 09:451/5By Paul Kildea. Biography of the composer, published in the year marking his centenary.
| 09:00Jim Al-Khalili talks to breast cancer pioneer Valerie Beral. 09:30John McCarthy talks to those who feel they've had to live outside mainstream UK society. 09:452/5By Paul Kildea. Biography of the composer, published in the year marking his centenary.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets psychologist Dr Bertolt Meyer and actor Trader Faulkner. 09:453/5Paul Kildea. Biography of the composer, published in the year marking his centenary.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the philosophy of Epicureanism. 09:454/5By Paul Kildea. Biography of the composer, published in the year marking his centenary.
| 09:00Sir Terry Leahy, former CEO of Tesco, is interviewed by Kirsty Young. 09:455/5By Paul Kildea. Biography of the composer, published in the year marking his centenary.
| 09:00Sian Williams and Richard Coles with Michael Dixon, director of the Natural History Museum
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme, presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Vagina Monologues author and campaigner Eve Ensler. Susannah Cahalan's book Brain on Fire. 10:451/5Mary Ann and Mouse are on the high seas. Mona's on the highway.
| 10:00Jane Garvey reports on Comic Relief projects in Ghana, and Aasmah Mir meets Philip Treacy. 10:452/528 Barbary Lane seems empty with Mona in Winnemucca and Mouse and Mary Ann cruising.
| 10:00Grayson and Philippa Perry's wardrobe, and actress Laila Morse. Presented by Jenni Murray. 10:453/5Michael and Jon are reunited and Mary Ann's relationship with Burke is blossoming.
| 10:00Eve Pollard, Dawn O'Porter and the Woman's Hour Power List judges discuss women in culture 10:454/5Mary Ann turns detective and Michael decides to open up to his mother about being gay.
| 10:00Early jazz queens, and three generations of British Chinese women. With Jenni Murray. 10:455/5The mystery of Anna Madrigal's anagram is solved and Mary Ann and Burke find answers.
| 10:302/4Paul Gambaccini talks to Norman Jewison about directing In the Heat of the Night.
| 10:00Peggy is lost for words, and there's a fleeting meeting for Lilian and Paul.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Jolyon Jenkins explores the proposed Gloucestershire Gateway services (MSA) on the M5. 11:303/6Damien and Anthony invite friends round for one of their 'famous' dinner parties.
| 11:0023/24Brett Westwood, the BBC Natural History Unit and the Open University look into wildlife. 11:30The impact of the song written by Leiber and Stoller, inspired by the writer Thomas Mann.
| 11:003/4Chris Ledgard meets the men who set up LIFFE, the futures market which shook up the City. 11:306/6Clare is relishing the role of acting team leader at the family centre.
| 11:00Finding a secret tipple in Timbuktu, and other BBC despatches from round the world. 11:30Joe Dunthorne's England Writers Football Team plays against the Scotland Writers Team.
| 11:001/2Grahame Dangerfield, veteran naturalist, revisits the place he thought was Eden. 11:305/6Sandy is haunted by the song Green Grow the Rushes, Oh.
| 11:00Steve Richards of the Independent looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30It's far from dull on the 31-hour train journey from Lagos to Kano in northern Nigeria.
| 11:15Kirsty Young interviews columnist and author Julie Burchill.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Snooping on your kids online, and a water company charging for a service it never provided 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer phone-in with Julian Worricker on internet safety. Do you have a story to tell? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Why BT still prints phone books, plus how much do hospitals tell us when things go wrong? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news. Winifred Robinson talks about how to change hospital culture. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The law prevents contact lenses being sold online without a prescription. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Pension 'liberation' dangers, fraud refunds, water bills and continuing care costs. 12:308/8Chaired by Sandi Toksvig. Panellists include Jeremy Hardy and Daniel Finkelstein. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:006/6David Mitchell hosts. With John Finnemore, Henning Wehn, Holly Walsh and Arthur Smith. 12:32Sheila Dillon reports on the latest developments in the horsemeat scandal. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:451/5Dominic Arkwright meets John Gillatt, who was lost in the Malaysian jungle for five days.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:452/5Dominic Arkwright talks to counsellors at Childline about the dramatic calls they receive.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:453/5Dominic Arkwright meets the man who took a call from the sister he didn't know existed.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:454/5Dominic Arkwright meets dancer Rose Metcalf who escaped from the sinking Costa Concordia.
| 13:00Norman Smith presents national and international news. 13:455/5Dominic Arkwright meets the mum who gave birth at home with a 999 operator on the line.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby is joined by David Davis, Norman Baker, Alan Milburn and Julie Bindel.
| 13:00Global news and analysis presented by Norman Smith. 13:301/3How the Proclaimers song 'Sunshine on Leith' became a cherished anthem for a changing city
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| 14:00 | 14:152/4By Mike Walker. In Sept 1938, Eric and Eileen travel to Morocco. With Joseph Millson.
| 14:00Bert flexes his creative muscles. 14:15Captain Scott's romance with and Kathleen Bruce told through their letters.
| 14:15A 110-year-old man wants to recall what love feels like one last time before he dies.(R)
| 14:15Life coach Derby Anderson gets the job of a lifetime. But is she up to it?(R)
| 14:00There's a fleeting meeting for Lilian and Paul. 14:154/5By Richard Monks. A devoted mother fights to defend her son after he is arrested.
| 14:00Anita Anand takes calls on issues including trust in the NHS, same-sex marriage and Page 3 14:30Inspired by, and starring members of, Madness - a tale of London's melting pot of cultures
| 14:00Eric Robson and the team visit gardeners in Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire. 14:45In 1964 a young Scot joined a plot to assassinate the Spanish dictator, General Franco.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Nationwide general knowledge quiz chaired by Russell Davies. 15:30Sheila Dillon investigates the food lives of people surviving on the basic state pension.
| 15:00Tom Holland and guests discuss issues from the past that have been raised by new research. 15:30How satellite technology and advances in robotics may revolutionise the future of farming.
| 15:00Financial phone-in. Do you need help with energy prices and efficiency? 15:30Dr Mark Porter on how the technology that identified Richard III could help the rest of us
| 15:00Clare Balding walks for self improvement, joining a walking book group in North London. 15:27Anne Wafula Strike presents an appeal on behalf of International Nepal Fellowship. 15:30John Simpson and Hilary Spurling discuss George Orwell's Homage to Catalonia.
| 15:00Eric Robson and the team visit gardeners in Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire. 15:453/3Essex and his troupe are invited aboard the royal yacht to entertain King Edward VII.
| 15:30The impact of the song written by Leiber and Stoller, inspired by the writer Thomas Mann.
| 15:001/2Ministry of Truth employee Winston Smith finds love. But Big Brother is watching.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Inspirational writing chosen by comedian and critic Natalie Haynes. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss the religious dimensions of the crisis in Mali.
| 16:00Julie Fernandez asks what happens to long-term relationships when a lover becomes a carer? 16:30Miles Jupp and Barb Jungr talk to Harriett Gilbert about their favourite books.
| 16:00Organised crime in the UK - how has it changed? Also, the Italian Camorra. 16:30Dido Harding, CEO of TalkTalk, on YouView; the winner of the UK's biggest local TV licence
| 16:00New BAFTA Fellow Alan Parker looks back at his career, plus Helen Mirren on Hitchcock. 16:30Quentin Cooper looks at failures in science and lessons learnt in new TB vaccine trials.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on Amina Cachalia, Reg Presley, Chris Kyle, Andre Cassagnes, Richard III 16:30The art of Whispering Bob, iPlayer queries addressed, and is Radio 4 barmy for McCartney?
| 16:00Highlights from the Woman's Hour week. Jane Garvey visits Comic Relief projects in Ghana.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to Ali Smith about Sylvia Plath's celebrated novel The Bell Jar. 16:30Listeners' poetry requests presented by Roger McGough.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news presented by Ritula Shah. 17:30Evan Davis and guests explore the impact of the digital revolution on the book industry. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00London is home for many rich Russians. But how much are they vetted on arrival? 17:40President Obama's choice to head the CIA is John Brennan. Is he the right man for the job? 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6David Mitchell hosts. With John Finnemore, Henning Wehn, Holly Walsh and Arthur Smith.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6Dame Evelyn Glennie watches Downton Abbey, goes on a go-kart and throws a pot.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6It's cold, it's dark and there's no food on board. Can Gertie hold things together?
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6Comedian Stephen K Amos and guests compile an idiot's guide to crime and punishment.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:308/8Chaired by Sandi Toksvig. Panellists include Jeremy Hardy and Daniel Finkelstein.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15David Baddiel, Mariel Hemingway and Mike McShane join Clive Anderson and Foals play live.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Liz Barclay makes her selection of the best of this week's BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Bert flexes his creative muscles. 19:15Includes Terry and Bill Jones on Graham Chapman, actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, I Give It a Year. 19:451/5Mary Ann and Mouse are on the high seas. Mona's on the highway.
| 19:15Ice Age artefacts, Anthony Hopkins as Hitchcock, Antony Sher on Richard III's skeleton. 19:452/528 Barbary Lane seems empty with Mona in Winnemucca and Mouse and Mary Ann cruising.
| 19:15Harry Hill on his return to stand-up comedy, plus Hollywood actor John C Reilly. 19:453/5Michael and Jon are reunited and Mary Ann's relationship with Burke is blossoming.
| 19:00There's a fleeting meeting for Lilian and Paul. 19:15John Wilson reports on Glam! at Tate Liverpool; actor David Morrissey; singer Jake Bugg. 19:454/5Mary Ann turns detective and Michael decides to open up to his mother about being gay.
| 19:15Gael GarcÃa Bernal in Pinochet's Chile, singer Tracey Thorn, and zom-rom-com Warm Bodies. 19:455/5The mystery of Anna Madrigal's anagram is solved and Mary Ann and Burke find answers.
| 19:00President Obama's choice to head the CIA is John Brennan. Is he the right man for the job? 19:15Disney film Wreck-It Ralph, ice age art at the British Museum, and Harvest by Jim Crace.
| 19:00Clarrie plays peacemaker. 19:15Another beautiful story of everyday life from John Osborne, creator of John Peel's Shed. 19:451/3By Carol Farrelly. A young woman reflects on a summer of love affairs in Venice.
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| 20:00 | 20:002/3Mukul Devichand asks how millions of newcomers are fitting in to British society. 20:30Owen Bennett Jones looks at Syria's Alawis, the sect to which President Assad belongs.
| 20:00London is home for many rich Russians. But how much are they vetted on arrival? 20:40In praise of Moon literacy; 'boot camps' for young people; your PIP questions answered.
| 20:00Engaging debate on the moral virtue of marriage. Chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:454/5How Bill Phillips - war hero, croc-hunter - became one of the fathers of macro-economics.
| 20:00What knock-on effect will recent retail collapses have on the high street? 20:30Evan Davis and guests explore the impact of the digital revolution on the book industry.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby is joined by David Davis, Norman Baker, Alan Milburn and Julie Bindel. 20:50David Cannadine celebrates the saving of New York's century-old Grand Central station.
| 20:00What led avowed socialist George Orwell to write a novel that is beloved of the Right?
| 20:00The art of Whispering Bob, iPlayer queries addressed, and is Radio 4 barmy for McCartney? 20:30Matthew Bannister on Amina Cachalia, Reg Presley, Chris Kyle, Andre Cassagnes, Richard III
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| 21:00 | 21:00High-speed rail; Radioactive waste; Universe within us; Quantum Biology. 21:30Bridget Kendall discusses the spread of Al-Qaeda-style terrorism with guests.
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter on how the technology that identified Richard III could help the rest of us 21:30Jim Al-Khalili talks to breast cancer pioneer Valerie Beral.
| 21:00How satellite technology and advances in robotics may revolutionise the future of farming. 21:30Libby Purves meets psychologist Dr Bertolt Meyer and actor Trader Faulkner.
| 21:0023/24Brett Westwood, the BBC Natural History Unit and the Open University look into wildlife. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the philosophy of Epicureanism.
| 21:00By Anne Devlin. While suffering from lapses in memory, Bee meets a strange creature.(R)
| 21:002/2Caught between the different factions, Eric and Eileen find themselves in terrible danger.
| 21:00Pension 'liberation' dangers, fraud refunds, water bills and continuing care costs. 21:26Margaret Sentamu presents an appeal for APT Action on Poverty. 21:30Owen Bennett Jones looks at Syria's Alawis, the sect to which President Assad belongs.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Osborne sets out banking reforms, but would they prevent another crash? With Ritula Shah. 22:456/10After several months slaving as a dishwasher in Paris, Orwell returns to England.
| 22:00MPs vote on controversial gay marriage plan. News round-up with Roger Hearing. 22:457/10Back home in England, down and out once more, Orwell is forced to learn about doss houses.
| 22:00Public inquiry finds NHS needs 'fundamental culture change'. Ritula Shah presents. 22:458/10Orwell befriends a tramp called Paddy, and they seek shelter in a Salvation Army hostel.
| 22:00The day's news with David Eades. Will John Brennan be confirmed as new boss of the CIA? 22:459/10In London, Orwell considers the life of a pavement artist and the lot of a beggar.
| 22:00European leaders agree to cut EU budget for the first time. Presented by David Eades. 22:4510/10Orwell discovers it is not lack of money or hunger that dispirits him most, but boredom.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Engaging debate on the moral virtue of marriage. Chaired by Michael Buerk.
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45George Parker of the FT analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:001/2Matthew Parris on funny diplomatic despatches, including the tale of John Major's horse.(R) 23:30Sean Curran with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:006/6Victoria Coren Mitchell's guests are Sue Perkins, Maureen Lipman and Cerys Matthews.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:006/6Sarah's group tackles more problems, including a trapeze artist being bullied at work.(R) 23:30The best of the day in the Commons and the Lords with Rachel Byrne.
| 23:001/4Mastermind intends to kill the audience, unless a brave challenger can defeat him. 23:30Rachel Byrne with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:00Miles Jupp and Barb Jungr talk to Harriett Gilbert about their favourite books. 23:30Mark D'Arcy with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:00Nationwide general knowledge quiz chaired by Russell Davies. 23:30Roger McGough presents listeners' poetry requests, including by the late Adrian Mitchell.
| 23:00A full round-up and analysis of the Bafta awards with Francine Stock and guests. 23:30The Dalai Lama considers the philosophy of the mind.
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